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Summary: The description, specs, photos, pricing and user ratings for Ruger’s SR1911 Lightweight Commander pistols.

Manufacturer’s Description

Ruger‘s SR1911 Lightweight Commander is a 1911-style semiauto pistol built on a black or gray anodized aluminum frame with a stainless steel slide, and chambered in .45 ACP or 9mm.  Other features include:

• A classic, Series 70 design;
• a polished titanium feed ramp designed to limit wear;
• an oversized ejection port;
• an extended magazine release;
• either thin hardwood grips or black rubberized grips;
  

  The black, wood-grip SR1911 Lightweight Commander.

• a checkered backstrap;
• front strap serrations;
• an aluminum, skeletonized trigger with an adjustable over-travel stop;
• a skeletonized hammer;
• dovetailed three-dot sights with a Novak LoMount Carry adjustable rear sight;
• an oversized beavertail grip safety;
• an extended thumb safety and slide stop;
• an integral plunger tube (not staked);
• a standard recoil guide system;
• a flat mainspring housing;
• a visual inspection port so you can check its load status;
• a low-glare stainless finish on the slide;
• rear slide serrations (either straight or v-shaped);
• a titanium firing pin;
• a swaged link pin;
• two stainless steel magazines;
• a bushing wrench; and
• a soft case.

More reading: Check out our in-depth review of the SR1911, this pistol’s big brother, and our info page for the stainless steel-framed SR1911 Commander.

The Specs

Caliber	Capacity	BBL	OAL	Height	Width	Weight
.45 ACP	7+1	4.25″	7.75″	5.45″	1.34″	29.3 oz.
9mm	9+1	4.25″	7.75″	5.45″	1.34″	29.3 oz.

MSRP: $899 (black)
MSRP: $979 (gray)

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